What I’m Hearing: Strike Twists, TCM Politics, and the Kives Lawsuit

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Welcome back to What I’m Hearing, still based at my underground summer lair.

Programming note: This week on The Town, Lucas Shaw and I revealed the franchises that need to go dormant, and the author/antitrust advocate Matt Stoller argued for breaking up the studio/streamer oligopoly. Don’t miss an episode by subscribing here and here.

Discussed in this issue: Michael Kives, David Zaslav, Jennifer Lawrence, Bob Iger, Duncan Crabtree-Ireland, Steven Spielberg, Ashley Hansen, Lesli Linka Glatter, Leo DiCaprio, Mike De Luca, Gene Stupnitsky, and Katy Perry singing Hava Nagila…

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Actors, Writers, and a Delicate Strike Dance

As the Directors Guild ratifies its new contract amid skepticism from those who say it could have done better, SAG-AFTRA may not be as close to a deal as some expect, and the WGA remains “militant.”

JONATHAN HANDEL

In a video to members yesterday, SAG-AFTRA president Fran Drescher said that negotiations with the studios and streamers have been “extremely productive… and we’re going to achieve a seminal deal.” That seemingly suggested that a deal was near. Less noticed was national executive director and chief negotiator Duncan Crabtree-Ireland’s cautionary remark that...

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